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XmlFormat

Escapes special XML characters in a string, so that the string is safe to use with XML.

A copy of string that is safe to use with XML.

Extensibility functions, String functions, XML functions

XmlFormat(string)

cfxml, IsXmlDoc, XmlChildPos, XmlChildPos, XmlNew, XmlParse, XmlSearch, XmlTransform

ColdFusion MX: Added this function.

The characters that this function escapes include the following:

• Greater than symbol (>)
• Less than symbol (<)
• Single quotation mark (')
• Double quotation mark (")
• Ampersand symbol (&)

<h3>XMLFormat</h3>
<p>This example shows how XMLFormat is used to escape special 
XML characters and make the use of XML with ColdFusion easy.</p>
<XMP>
<?xml version = "1.0"?> 
<cfoutput>
<someXML>
   <someElement someAttribute = "#XMLFormat("'a quoted value'")#> 
      #XMLFormat(   "Body of element to be passed here.")#
   </someElement>
</someXML>   
</cfoutput>
</XMP>

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